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box check/bio Que sera, sera  1yr ago (text post) Edited 1yr ago 166 thread views #200281

Testing all the ways Google tracks you :marseynotesglow: by using Youtube recommendations :marseybangfast:

For funsies I use YouTube suggestions to check whether Google is watching. If your recommended videos change suddenly to match your activity, that's a hit. As an example, I know my phone has at least 2 made up words in its swipe dictionary, and that it came from emails with a relative who likes uwu baby speak ("cwismas").

Account-level monitoring. It's a publicly traded company sweaty :marseynails:

  • Chrome

  • Google search :marseydetective:

  • Google Keep :marseynotes:

  • Google Mail :marseyunabomber2:

  • Google Maps :marseypedo:

  • YouTube :marseybardfinnsbiggestenjoyer:

Android-based monitoring. :ravenstarfirelaughing:

  • Screenshot feature :marseyneat:

  • Images (scanned with AI)

  • Clipboard :marseynoooticer:

  • Messages (text) :marseybestiereject:

  • Additionally, Google uses geolocation to suggest dumb butt things your friends are into :marseybeandoge:

I should note YouTube uses cookies when you right click to watch incognito. One video won't make a difference. But if you keep watching other videos in that same incognito session, that watch history will get you tagged. Why does this matter? TLDR Google knows when you watch Fox News incognito cause you're a secret cryptochud. :marseychudjamming: I'm not saying monitoring is all bad. The trick is convincing YouTube to recommend worthwhile content. Try to avoid using Chrome and Gmail if possible and get familiar with how your digital footprint works :marseyfeet:

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1. Block cookies on Youtube and block it from embedding onto third-party sites.

2. Set your browser to delete cookies and clear the cache on closing the browser session.

3. You don't need to log into anything to use Youtube. If you want to check your subscriptions or something, just bookmark the channel's page or use a tool like yt-dlp to automatically download their new videos.

4. I don't know about all that Google stuff on your phone :marseyboomer:, first thing I did when I got an Android phone was install LineageOS on it.

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I use Brave, Protonmail, too lazy to log out of gmail and I like the personalized suggestions mostly.

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that it came from emails with a relative who likes uwu baby speak ("cwismas").

:#marseyyikes:

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